Arcade !

[misterlarry]

Yeah I had to subscribe to this one too. If you're starting on it later this summer, let me know, I might come over and help you clean it up (beers involved of course). That's about where my expertise ends. Good luck with this one BrainEater.

yep the game still works... just needs a new power block or something. He bought it off my room mate. I've known Brain a long long time now... I also knew that he's always wanted this project. So when i moved in and saw the arcade game I immediately asked if my roomie wanted to sell it.

This is like a dream project for Brain i expect to see another great mod outta him :)

[BrainEater]

Originally Posted by misterlarry

..... If you're starting on it later this summer, let me know, I might come over and help you clean it up (beers involved of course). .....

OOoooop.......Yah mean like this ?




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Cleanup's done , and I drank for both of us ! heheh Thanks for the offer tho !!

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Yes I'll be keeping the coin slots.

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I have found the controllers:

Ultimarc > Main Page

I'll be getting an Ipac2 and an opti-pac.....

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It'll have 2 joysticks with 6-7 buttons each , a trackball , and a spinner.

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If you ever wondered why they invented screensavers , here's a good example of CRT 'burn-in' ;



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[Saibot]

i'm confused by the complexity of this... even though its older and more primitive than all the computer crap im working with right now.

good luck lol.

i'd like to see how you get the coin slots to work :D

[BrainEater]

It's actually really simple.

Basically , all I'm doing is building a computer into that arcade game case.After that , it's simply a case of wiring in real arcade controls into the computer , and fortunately , there are companies that provide 'off-the-shelf' solutions.

I'll be starting with 2 of These...
Each joystick can utilize 8 buttons as well.

I'll also be getting a Spinner and a trackball...

All these controls just plug in via USB.

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The coin slots already work....you put a quarter in, it clicks a button.....After that it's all software , and MAME will do it.

[encorp]

I actually did this at one time, but it was an NES/SNES emulator, then I ended up selling it for like 400 bucks haha

This thing is gonna be a lan special....

[BrainEater]

Roger that !

My good friend cls||Grinder , bought me a present today :

A 20" viewable crt monitor !!



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So I have the monitor.Thanks bro !!

I'm werking out a mount for it now.

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I'm prolly 5-6 days away from ordering the controls.

[gingerbee]

sweet dude i have always wanted to do this what emulators are you using

[ImmaPC]

I'm guessing that if you're going to be using the PC to get a bunch of emulators you would probably be using something like Atom, or a low-powered P4 system on the cheap? Either way, that would rock to have all the arcade games (maybe some NES/SNES ones as well?) on one machine, and while having it on an authentic arcade game case or box thingy whatchamacallit.

The 20" CRT must weigh a ton. I have a 17"and it weighs a good 40lbs, I can only imagine what 3 more inches would weigh!